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GITA North America Scholarship Application Deadline: July 31 — LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS! Recipients will be announced at GITA's Pipeline Technology Forum (Oct. 16-17) in Houston, TX. Application / Details

GITA Tampa — March 25-26, 2019 — Call for papers is now open! GITA Tampa Committee is seeking a variety of papers of interest to the utility protection industry as well as any geospatial subject that provides a unique solution or project. Click to submit your presentation!

Become a GITA Board Member — Three Board seats opening Jan. 1, 2019 for a two-year term ending Dec. 31, 2020. Interested individuals should contact Drew Fioranelli via email at president-e@gita.org or Andrew.fioranelli@fauquiercounty.gov for complete details and to submit a resume. Resumes accepted through Nov. 2.

xyHtWith huge, sprawling maps and realistic cities now appearing in our video games, it begs the question as to how these amazing cities render so quickly, yet we geospatial experts still sit waiting for 10 minutes for our software to open.
For example, the notorious Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is almost an exact replica of San Francisco, with details such as lamp posts, overhead lines and even rivets on metalwork. READ MORE

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State ScoopSeven states are testing a set of guidelines for an ambitious project aimed at developing more accurate three-dimensional maps, the National States Geographic Information Council announced.
The council, which is comprised of state and local mapping officials and private-sector vendors, is creating the guidelines through a new project called "3DEP for the Nation."READ MORE

Geospatial WorldLiDAR has a large number of applications other than the commonly known high precision sensors in autonomous cars, laser scanning, photogrammetry and bathymetry. It can also be used in detecting and analyzing the phenomenon of natural disasters such as landslides. Landslides lead to a huge loss of life, property and displace thousands from their homes. As per the USGS, in the United States landslides cause an annual loss of around $3 billion and the death of 30-50 people.READ MORE

Fed ScoopThe vast geo-intelligence resources of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have been powered by California-based Esri for about three decades, and the relationship is now set to continue for another five years.
On Wednesday, the company announced that it has signed a new contract to provide the agency with its ArcGIS mapping technology, which is part of the backbone of NGA's mission of providing geospatial intelligence to U.S. soldiers, government leaders, first responders and more. READ MORE

Directions MagazineWhen you hear people talk about R, is your first thought that it might be International Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day? More likely, they're using R, a programming language and software environment that even a decade ago was already being noted for its expanding popularity, a pattern that has continued unabated. The language was first created by statisticians in the early 1990s, and gets its name from the first letter of their first names — Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman — but also as a play on the S programming language, on which R is based.READ MORE

GPS WorldThe European Space Agency launched the next four Galileo satellites on an Ariane 5 on Wednesday July 25, at 11:25 GMT (13:25 CEST, 08:25 local time) from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
These latest four Galileo satellites will bring the constellation in orbit up to 26 satellites.READ MORE

Smart Cities WorldEarlier this year, London Mayor Sadiq Khan released his Transport Strategy for the city, with a key focus on "healthy streets." His target is that 80 percent of journeys in London will be via walking, cycling and taking public transport by 2041, up from 63 percent now.
Last week, London's first ever walking and cycling commissioner, Will Norman, set out plans to make the UK capital "the world's most walkable city."
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QuartzAfrican researchers interested in earth observation will now have a trove of free data to use as part of a new agreement aimed at using satellite technology to support sustainable development.
The African Union's science and technology department recently inked a deal with the European Commission's Copernicus program, which generates 12 terabytes of earth observation data daily.READ MORE